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I still have a Pentax Full Frame FA 35mm F 2.0 that I used with my last film camera. It performs excellently with my K5, and is probably not significantly inferior to the new Sigma 35mm F 1.4 in...

I still have a Pentax Full Frame FA 35mm F 2.0 that I used with my last film camera. It performs excellently with my K5, and is probably not significantly inferior to the new Sigma 35mm F 1.4 in...

That is also my opinion.

Both focus quickly. The Sigma is slightly more reactive and absolutely silent. The 18-135 has much better build, solidity and is WR. The Sigma is all-plastic. With use, the zoom mechanism tends to...

I do have both. They are "travel lenses" being compact and not too heavy. The 18-135 is somewhat sharper at centre and extremely flare resistant. Vignetting CA and softness at edges can be a...

Well... my version of Acrobat 7 Pro was crippled and refused to re-activate after I re-installed it.....

European users have been paying Adobe products almost double the price for US users for many years. The European Union even reacted officially to that some years ago regarding the EU pricing of...

Thank you for the advice ! I have not yet been able to get the installation running till the end (asks for "administrator" status - which I should actually have... ) but I'll keep on trying...

Yes, so do I. But let us hope that Adobe does not sabotage CS in some manner as it did with Acrobat 7.

But, do you really beleive that software purchased, and used conformally to the licence can be deliberately "sabotaged" as I have experienced ? One should be able to continue using older software...

I would also hate being a "captive" user of Photoshop.

Considering the continued future use of CS6 and earlier versions requiring activation, I do fear that Adobe could eventually be capable of...

Considering the continued use of CS5 and earlier versions requiring activation, I fear that Adobe could eventually be capable of "neutralising" the installed software. That happened to me with...

As a retired "Health Physist", I would tell you to forget about all these radiation anxieties. If you don't expect to live to 150 years or more, they are way below the levels which would cause any...

I have been using a Nikonscan 5000 ED. Very good results. One problem is that the scanning is done with a 45° Mirror that can accumulate dust with time. I have had to clean the Mirror occasionally...

Yes, the lens is good regarding its status as "zoom lens". Not up to the performance of corresponding "primes" of course. The problem lay partially with the publicity that was made before it became...

Vivitar was very highly regarded (long ago...). Its optical qualities are certainly good, but multicoating was not yet as well mastered as today - and the lenses were subject to glare. As far as I...

It should at least have a hood and serial no. card (there is no soft case included). I bought mine as a kit with the K-5, and it did had both. Take care that it is not a  "recycled" lens returned...

I fully agree with you. Envy, ego and jealousy disguised as political correctness.

I agree with you concerning the 3 lenses. They perform very well with my K-5. What annoys most me is the fact that retailers (in Switzerland, at least) are removing Pentax from their catalogues.

Many years ago, having invested in a number of excellent A* Pentax lenses, I was waiting for Pentax to look foreward and enter the digital mode to do justice to the quality of its optics. I then...